He Qianmin’s expression was blank for a moment, and after a few seconds, he squeezed out word by word: “He Qianjian?”

Seeing his disbelieving expression, Sun Zhi smiled even wider. Just as he was about to say something more, he inadvertently met Jiang Chen’s cold stare from the corner of his eye, and he suddenly came back to his senses: “God Jiang…..”

Jiang Chen looked at him, and said calmly, “Are you finished?”

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Sun Zhi met his gaze and unconsciously took half a step back. After he realized his timidity, he was startled. Even if Jiang Chen was the first in his year, even if behind Jiang Chen stood Huo Bo, he had never feared him. During the four years of following Jiang Chen, he had a better understanding of what kind of person Jiang Chen was than most people. To put it nicely, he was upright and kind. To put it bluntly, he was not someone to be feared. This kind of person often stuck to their meaningless bottom line and principles, but in this society, principles and bottom lines were actually the most useless things. They would only become a person’s weakness and a weapon for others to hurt them unscrupulously.

Therefore, Sun Zhi was afraid of offending Huo Bo, disobeying He Qianjian, or even offending He Qianmin, but he was never afraid of Jiang Chen, because he knew very well that he could not suffer the revenge of the first three. But as for the latter, no matter how angry he was, it would not bring him any deep harm.

But now, looking into Jiang Chen’s eyes, he realized that he was so very wrong. There was no harmless gentleman in this world who would have such eyes——majestic, oppressive, and inspiring uncontrollable awe in one’s heart, such that one could only kneel at his feet.

Sun Zhi felt a little short of breath, and his knees felt uncontrollably weak, “I…..” Only when he opened his mouth did he realize that his throat was so tense that he couldn’t speak.

Jiang Chen looked away, and He Qianmin also came back to his senses. He stepped forward and grabbed Sun Zhi: “You said just now that the person who has been trying to harm my brother is He Qianjian, and since the second year of junior high school, he has been sending someone to follow him. What evidence do you have?”

Being caught by He Qianmin and putting all his attention on He Qianmin, Sun Zhi finally heaved a sigh of relief. He secretly wondered in puzzlement in his heart, but he was so terrified that he didn’t even dare to secretly look in Jiang Chen’s direction out of the corner of his eye.

“Of course I have evidence.” Sun Zhi thought that He Qianmin did not believe that He Qianjian had done these things. In order to prove that what he said was true and to win Jiang Chen’s trust, he revealed his hidden cards: “I have text messages for every contact with He Qianjian, if you want to read them, I can show it to you right now.”

He Qianmin: “Show it now.”

Sun Zhi subconsciously glanced at Jiang Chen, and seeing that he had no objection, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, called up the text message interface, and said, “Start here, you can see for yourself.”

He Qianmin took the phone and scrolled down one by one. The more he read, the more ugly his expression became. In the end, it was completely iced over.

“Are these all the text messages for four years?” He Qianmin said coldly, “But this is not He Qianjian’s mobile phone number.”

Fearing that He Qianmin would not believe him, Sun Zhi hurriedly said, “This is his other number. You don’t know that He Qianjian has several mobile phones?”

He Qianmin was noncommittal, and asked, “Why did He Qianjian ask you to follow my brother?”

“I don’t know.” Seeing He Qianmin’s unfriendly expression, Sun Zhi took a step back: “I really don’t know. In the past four years, He Qianjian asked me to help him with things a few times, and the rest of the time he just had me follow Jiang Chen and report his every move.”

He Qianmin: “What did he ask you to do?”

Sun Zhi recalled for a moment, and said: “When I was in junior high school, I was asked to stop Jiang Chen from going to the hospital once, and once I was asked to find a way to make Jiang Chen postpone his physical examination. In high school, the only time was when he asked me to find a way to take Jiang Chen out of school, and then break his hand…..No, it should be to stab him, and break his hand while at it.”

He Qianmin frowned a little when he heard “physical examination”, and asked in puzzlement, “Why did he ask you to postpone my brother’s physical examination.”

“I don’t know.” Sun Zhi said, “But I noticed one thing. I think it should have something to do with the reason why he asked me to follow Jiang Chen.”

He Qianmin asked almost in the next second: “What?”

Sun Zhi’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He looked past He Qianmin, and at Jiang Chen behind him. The corners of his mouth twitched for a long time before he said in a tight voice, “I’ll tell you about this, and you go to the school to plead for me.”

Jiang Chen said indifferently: “Why do you think that I would agree with this?”

Sun Zhi: “Don’t you want to know why He Qianjian keeps sending me to follow you?”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips: “Do you know?”

Sun Zhi’s face turned pale, and he said after a while, “Although I don’t know, but…..”

Jiang Chen interrupted him: “Since you don’t know, how can you negotiate terms with me?”

“Qian Min, let’s go.”

He Qianmin’s hand grabbing Sun Zhi paused, a little hesitant: “Big Brother, aren’t we going to ask him what he knows?”

“I guarantee that this will be useful to you!” Sun Zhi hurriedly said: “I don’t need you to promise to do something, as long as you just go and tell Director Liu that I have no choice but to do what I did, that I was instructed by others. Even if I’m expelled in the end, I won’t blame you.”

Jiang Chen paused in his footsteps, looked back and said in a mild voice: “Everything you did was done by you, whether you were ordered or forced to do it, you still did it. How the school handles you is the school’s business. I can only promise you not to add fuel to the fire, but there’s no way I can help say a word for you.”

Sun Zhi paused, unable to figure out what Jiang Chen meant by this.

If it was before today, he absolutely believed that Jiang Chen would not be able to do such things like add fuel to the fire behind others backs, but after today, he did not dare to be so sure. If Jiang Chen never planned to do this, why would he specifically bring thing up in the first place?

But what if Jiang Chen just wanted to trick him with these words? Sun Zhi’s fingers resting on his side twitched uneasily. It took an unknown amount of time before he made up his mind. It was better to finish it all at once. Regardless of whether what Jiang Chen just said was a trap or not, he believed that as long Jiang Chen made a promise he would follow through.

Sun Zhi lowered his voice: “I’ll tell you.”

He Qianmin looked at him instantly, staring at him closely and waiting for his next words.

Sun Zhi looked around carefully, and said quickly: “I found out that He Qianjian would have his physical examination on the same day as you every year. If there was a time that must be postponed or advanced, he would be very anxious and irritable, and would definitely make it so that your physical examination would also be postponed or advanced.”

“Also, He Qianjian had been preventing you from meeting all the He family members including He Qianmin. The reason He Qianjian asked me to prevent you from going to the hospital at that time was because He Qianmin was there. Later I found out that he not only wanted to prevent you from going to the hospital, but also asked me to prevent you from showing up in any areas where you might meet the He family.”

Jiang Chen said indifferently, “That’s all?”

Sun Zhi was taken aback: “Aren’t these things very strange?”

Jiang Chen didn’t answer him, but turned around and said, “I will do what I promised. Qian Min, let’s go.”

He Qianmin was still digesting what Sun Zhi said just now. Hearing this he followed along obediently, and when he was about to say goodbye to Jiang Chen at the entrance of his apartment floor, he suddenly came back to his senses: “Big Brother, why doesn’t He Qianjian want you and me as well as my parents to meet? Also, why did he want to have a physical examination on the same day as you, just what is his purpose?”

Jiang Chen paused, narrowed his eyes, and said calmly, “You need to ask him this question.”

He Qianmin frowned tightly. Sun Zhi’s words just now were circulating in his mind. He tried to catch some clues, but he only felt that his thoughts became more of a mess.

“It’s almost eleven o’clock, you have to continue your military training tomorrow, so go to bed early.” Jiang Chen rubbed his head and said with a smile, “I’m going back too, good night.”

He Qianmin nodded absently: “Good night.”

Back home, after taking a shower and lying on the bed, He Qianmin couldn’t fall asleep even after tossing and turning.

He went through all the words Sun Zhi said over and over again in his mind, but not only did he not find any clues, more doubts emerged.

If it was said that because of the car accident He Qianjian was only afraid of Jiang Chen going to the hospital would expose his actions, then why did He Qianjian send someone to monitor Jiang Chen’s every move after he was discharged from the hospital? Also, Jiang Chen was just a passerby who saved him, and didn’t know the rest of the He family at all, so wouldn’t it be superfluous for He Qianjian to prevent Jiang Chen from meeting everyone in the He family?

He Qianmin tried his best to find the reasons behind everything He Qianjian did and his purpose for doing so. If the long-term monitoring of Jiang Chen and preventing him from meeting with members of the He family was just in case, and the reason for hurting Jiang Chen and wanting to break Jiang Chen’s hand was because he did not do as well on the final exam. Then what about scheduling the physical examination at the same time as Jiang Chen every year?

He Qianmin could barely find a reason for the first two matters, but no matter how he thought about the latter, he couldn’t find the reason why He Qianjian had to have a physical examination on the same day as Jiang Chen.

He Qianjian had always only done things with a motive and profit to reap, if there was no important reason, it was absolutely impossible he would send someone to follow Jiang Chen for four years. He Qianmin’s intuition told him that He Qianjian’s every move against Jiang Chen might be hiding a huge secret.

……

When Jiang Chen returned home, Yang Si and Jiang Zhuo had already fallen asleep, but left a lamp on for him.

He simply took a shower and returned to his room. He closed the door and put on the earphones. His fingers settled on the keyboard for a while, but didn’t move.

Changjiang’s voice rang in his ears: “Dylan, you have a message on Wingnet, do you want to open it?”

Jiang Chen came back to his senses, “Whose message?”

“196.”

“Open it.”

“Do you need it to be read to you?”

“No.”

On the computer screen, the message displayed in the small chat box:

[196: Oh Great God! The results of the Security Bureau are out! God C made it to the secondary examination! I failed!]

Only then did Jiang Chen remember that when 196 and C returned from taking the Security Bureau assessment in August, he told him that the results would be released on September 1st, and that if he passed the exam, he would not consider going to graduate school.

[D: Don’t be discouraged, you are only a junior, and you still have other opportunities.]

196 quickly replied:

[196: I’ve expected this outcome a long time ago, so it’s quite easy to accept, but still thanking God D for your concern.]

[196: By the way, God D, I heard God C said that you are also in Yan City?]

[196: Which district of Yan City do you live in? If you live nearby, we can even have a face-to-face meeting!]

After sending three messages in a row, Mo Xi slowly withdrew his hand on the keyboard and crossed his fingers in a prayer gesture. He squatted on the chair, staring at the screen and muttering under his breath: “Please, please, please don’t be what I think it is…..”

[D: Zhonghai District.]

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Mo Xi’s voice stopped abruptly, and he stared at the words on the screen with wide eyes. After a long time, he took a deep breath, and still holding his breath he typed on the keyboard:

[196: Hahaha, it turns out that God D lives in Zhonghai District. There are quite a lot of schools there. Is God D still a student?]

[D: Yes.]

Mo Xi’s pent-up breath dissipated in an instant. He laid spread eagle on the chair, looked up at the ceiling, and felt that there was nothing to miss in life. After a few seconds, he suddenly sat up, grabbed his hair and slammed his head on the table:

——Too f**king embarrassing ahhhhh! ! !

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When Jiang Chen, Huo Bo and Shen Xu went over, He Qianmin was surrounded by his classmates. Maybe it was because he was tanned, but he looked much more sunny and cheerful than before.

He Qianmin broke away from his classmates, and trotted to Jiang Chen: “Big Brother.”

Jiang Chen: “Is the morning military training over?”

He Qianmin: “It’s over.”

The others swarmed over and greeted with bright smiles:

“God Jiang.”

“Brother Huo.”

“Brother Shen.”

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Jiang Chen nodded to them, and asked He Qianmin with a smile, “Are these all your friends?”

“Yes, yes, yes.” The boy next to He Qianmin hooked an arm over his shoulders and said, “We are all his friends, God Jiang, I heard about your legend when I was in junior high school. Your total score in the last examination reached a new high, I especially admire you!”

“Me too!” Another boy said, “I also admire you so much! Especially Zhang Three Hairs who poisoned so many students, only you drove him away!”

Shen Xu, who was talking to Huo Bo, turned his head when he heard these words, raised his eyebrows and said, “You know Zhang Three Hairs?”

The boy touched the back of his head, a little shy: “My older brother is in the same class as you, his name is Luo Ze.”

Jiang Chen was surprised: “You are Luo Ze’s younger brother?”

A blush appeared on the boy’s tanned face: “Yeah, God Jiang, my name is…..”

“Big Brother.” He Qianmin said: “I’m hungry, let’s go eat quickly.”

After these words fell, Shen Xu’s stomach growled in response to the occasion. He clutched his stomach and said, “I almost forget, I’m almost starving, let’s go.”

Jiang Chen bid farewell to He Qianmin’s classmates: “We’ll go first, it’s nice to meet you all, and I will trouble you to take care of Qian Min from now on.”

The boys nodded one after another: “God Jiang, don’t worry, we will help you take care of him in the future.”

Across the road in front of the school gate, there was a park. Walking along the park in the direction of the Jiang’s, they arrived at the place where they planned to eat in less than five minutes.

This was a Huaiyang cuisine restaurant, built adjacent to one of the lakes in the park, with a quiet environment and relatively high per capita consumption. Two days ago, the preparations for the laboratory opened by Li De for Jiang Chen were completed, and Jiang Chen and Li Nanfeng signed the contract. Compared with the 5 million yuan received in the account, this celebration was not considered extravagant.

He Qianmin only knew that they were going to have a meal together today, but he didn’t know why, until Shen Xu picked up his drink and said, “Come on, let’s toast to celebrate our God Jiang earning his life’s first, no, who knows how many startup money, and set foot on the road to becoming a technology giant! May we overcome obstacles and stand at the top of the world’s technology in the future!”

Jiang Chen and Huo Bo looked at each other with a smile, picked up their cups and stood up. He Qianmin stood up as well and clinked glasses without knowing why.

“Big Brother.” As soon as he sat down, he turned his head and asked Jiang Chen, “What startup money? What did you guys do?”

Shen Xu scooted over and said, “Your brother didn’t tell you? The facial recognition system and voice system he designed were sold to Li De for three years, and the contract was signed yesterday.”

He Qianmin shook his head: “No.”

Shen Xu clicked his tongue: “Why didn’t you tell your brother about such an important matter.”

It was only then that Jiang Chen remembered that he was too busy and forgot to tell He Qianmin. Seeing Shen Xu’s accusing face, he scolded playfully: “I have to keep watch on you every day so you’ll do your practice questions, what else could I think of?”

Shen Xu recalled the fear of being surrounded by the sea of practice questions, hissed, and hugged himself: “Don’t say anymore, I don’t want to recall.”

Jiang Chen laughed, kicked his stool lightly. He turned his head to look at He Qianmin, and explained simply: “Not long after He Qianyang’s birthday, Li Nanfeng and I decided to cooperate, but the laboratory has only been ready for a few days. I was too busy, so I forgot to tell you.”

He Qianmin lowered his eyes, picked up a piece of crab meat and placed it into Jiang Chen’s bowl. He pursed his lips and hummed softly.

Jiang Chen also put a piece of mandarin fish into He Qianmin’s bowl: “Eat more.”

It was past 1:40pm after the meal. Jiang Chen settled the bill, and the four of them hurried to school. Even if it was just the beginning of semester, the urgency of the countdown to the college entrance examination was destined to make the senior high school students enter the intense study mode without transition.

When the afternoon’s classes were over, the first and second years could go home, but the third year students needed to stay for self-study regardless of whether they live in the school dorm or not. Due to the regulations of the Education Bureau, they could not make up classes during the summer vacation. Many teachers could only use the time of evening self-study to speed up the first round of review progress.

When the first period of evening self-study started, Jiang Chen knocked on the door of Fu Jinyu’s office.

“Enter.”

“Teacher Fu.”

Fu Jinyu looked up, and seeing Jiang Chen, he smiled and said, “What is it?”

Jiang Chen nodded: “I’m here to apply for myself and Shen Xu to be exempt from evening self-study.”

Fu Jinyu stopped correcting the pile of homework, frowned and said, “Shen Xu? Come and sit.”

“That’s right.” Jiang Chen sat down on the chair next to Fu Jinyu, and said slowly: “Teacher Fu, you should know about Shen Xu’s grades. He has no problem entering a first rate college so far, but if he continues studying step by step it will be very difficult for him to enter Hua Uni or Yan Uni.”

Fu Jinyu raised his eyebrows: “You mean, Shen Xu wants to apply to Hua/Yan?”

Jiang Chen: “It’s a must.”

“For you or for him?” Fu Jinyu turned the chair, faced Jiang Chen, and said solemnly: “I know you and Shen Xu are good friends. You grew up together and have never been separated, but sometimes, the future is not something you can decide. Jiang Chen, everyone has their own path, can you guarantee that your path and Shen Xu’s path will always be the same?”

Jiang Chen was startled. In the first life, Shen Xu and Huo Bo accompanied him until his death, so that he never thought about whether his two friends were still the same as in the first life. That their dream was to open a company that belonged to them.

He recalled Shen Xu once saying that his dream was to be a pilot, while Huo Bo never revealed what he wanted to do in the future. If he didn’t mention that he hoped to build a company with them in the first place, would they have chosen something else?

“Jiang Chen…..” Seeing Jiang Chen’s thoughtful expression, Fu Jinyu said, “You are very smart and considerate of your friends. These are good things, but sometimes, some decisions can only be made by themselves. If Shen Xu came to me by himself, proposed that he did not want to go to self-study, and then gave me a legitimate and valid reason, I would agree, but if it’s you, then no.”

“I see.” Jiang Chen pursed his lips, paused and said, “Thank you, Teacher Fu.”

Back in the classroom, Shen Xu leaned back and lowered his voice, “How was it? Did old Fu agree?”

Jiang Chen lowered his eyes and shook his head: “I’ll tell you after class.”

The first period of self-study ended soon. Shen Xu turned around and lay on Jiang Chen’s desk, and asked, “What’s the matter? I thought that old Fu would definitely agree to what you say.”

Jiang Chen: “He agreed that I do not need to go to self-study.”

“Then that means he doesn’t agree with me?” Shen Xu clicked his tongue: “But it’s normal for him to disagree, don’t mention him, if it weren’t for you, my parents wouldn’t even believe that I could study hard.”

Jiang Chen was silent for a moment. He raised his eyes and said, “Have you thought about what you want to do in the future?”

Shen Xu raised his eyebrows: “Aren’t we going to be the coolest tech company bosses together in the future?”

“Before I suggested this, what did you want to do?”

Shen Xu thought for a while: “Pilot? But I’m not tall enough, so I might not pass the exam.”

“You can.” Jiang Chen thought of Shen Xu’s growth spurt after their third year of high school, and said, “But aren’t you afraid of heights?”

Shen Xu shrugged: “Yeah, so I gave up.”

“Then what else do you want to do?”

“What? You went to old Fu’s office and now suddenly want to talk about dreams with me.” Shen Xu crossed his arms and asked suspiciously: “Did old Fu say something to you?”

Jiang Chen relayed what Fu Jinyu said to Shen Xu, and said, “I never thought about whether you wanted to do this and made the decision for you. Now that I think about it, I took things for granted.”

“Maybe a little.” Shen Xu nodded expressionlessly, held it for a while, and then broke out into laughter: “You don’t take things for granted, you just think too much, God Jiang, do you think there is any man who could resist the lure of becoming a founder of the world’s top tech company?”

“The kind where——” Shen Xu spread his arms, and made a gesture of pushing out with a look of intoxication: “At the end of the all-white corridor, there is a door made of high-density metal. Once people walk through it, there will be biubiubiu light rays. If it is an enemy, it will directly shoot the light rays, which will melt them in a flash, leaving not even a speck of dust behind. But when I go over, I don’t even need to say open sesame, it will just open with a swipe, and there will be robots patrolling inside who’ll salute me when they see me, and call me CEO Shen…..f**k I need to stop, it’s too f**king cool!”

Jiang Chen was silent for a long time, then patted Shen Xu on the shoulder: “Dream more, you will have everything.”

“What do you mean by that?” Shen Xu kicked him: “Can’t our company be that cool?”

After a pause, Shen Xu asked: “You said that if I ask for exemption from old Fu myself, he’ll agree?”

“He said if you have a valid reason, he will.”

Shen Xu propped his head on his hands in deep thought: “A valid reason…..”

“Does escorting you home every day to prevent you from being hurt by someone with bad intentions count?”

Jiang Chen threw the eraser on the table at him, and Shen Xu caught it with a smile. When the second period self-study bell rang, he turned around and said, “Whether it works or not, I’ll try it later after this self-study period is over.”

…..

On the way back, Jiang Chen asked Shen Xu, “How did you tell old Fu?”

“What else? I slapped the practice questions I did during the summer vacation on his desk, and he agreed.”

Jiang Chen was dubious: “That simple?”

“Of course more than that.” Shen Xu sighed: “My mouth almost dried up just to beg him. You didn’t see that I entered the classroom more than ten minutes late for the third period self-study. It’s because I was busy nagging him and he only agreed because I was too annoying.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows: “That’s it?”

“What else?”

Shen Xu met Jiang Chen’s gaze and was defeated: “Okay, he told me to get in the top 100 in the next monthly exam, otherwise I have to come back to attend self-study after the monthly exam.”

Jiang Chen pondered for a while: “It should be fine.”

“You’re fine, but I have a problem!” Shen Xu held his head and said, “I can already imagine my future!”

While Shen Xu was howling, Huo Bo also arrived at the school gate. Seeing him like this, he looked at Jiang Chen: “What’s wrong with him?”

Jiang Chen told the story with a smile. Huo Bo’s lips hooked up in a smile. He rubbed Shen Xu’s head and said, “And bringing breakfast for one semester, don’t forget.”

“Damn it, do you have to remind me at this time?” Shen Xu slapped Huo Bo’s hand away and said, “The both of you have black hearts, I have to…..” He looked ahead and smiled: “I have to look for little brother Min for comfort.”

Shen Xu waved: “Min Min! Min Min, your big brothers are over here~”

He Qianmin strode over with a dark face: “Shut up!”

Shen Xu grabbed him, not minding his black face at all: “Waiting for your big brothers after classes? How long have you been waiting?”

He Qianmin pushed his hand away, “Big Brother, Brother Huo.”

Jiang Chen smiled and said, “Let’s go, from now on the three of us won’t be going to evening self-study, so you won’t have to wait so long.”

He Qianmin said: “It’s okay, it’s not long.”

The He family rented a place for He Qianmin, which was in Jiang Chen’s community, and coincidentally, it was just downstairs of old Mr. Miao’s apartment.

The night was a bit cooler than the day, and the wind blowing in the park carried the humidity of the lake. The shadows of the teenagers elongated, overlapped, and followed closely behind each other under the street lights.

Shen Xu bumped Jiang Chen’s arm: “Your little brother doesn’t seem very happy.”

When Jiang Chen turned his head, He Qianmin smiled at him. He turned his head back and said, “Really?”

“Probably what happened at noon.” Shen Xu said: “When we part ways later, you can talk to him well.”

Jiang Chen frowned. He turned his head again, only to see He Qianmin’s drooping head, so he nodded: “Okay.”

Shen Xu and Huo Bo bid farewell to Jiang Chen and He Qianmin respectively, and when they approached the community, only Jiang Chen and He Qianmin were left.

Jiang Chen slowed down, waited for He Qianmin to walk next to him, and said, “Qian Min, are you upset because I didn’t tell you about my signing with Li De immediately?”

He Qianmin paused slightly: “No.”

Jiang Chen observed He Qianmin’s expression, and seeing that he really didn’t seem to be unhappy because of this, he was relieved, but at the same time worried: “Then what is it?”

“I…..”

A person suddenly jumped out in front of Jiang Chen and He Qianmin: “Jiang Chen, wait, Second Young Master He——?”

Jiang Chen and He Qianmin raised their eyes at the same time, and after seeing the person blocking the way, He Qianmin narrowed his eyes: “Sun Zhi?”

“Second Young Master He.” After Sun Zhi confirmed that the person in front of him was really He Qianmin, his expression changed: “Why are you here?”

“Is that any of your business?” He Qianmin said coldly, “What are you doing here?”

“I…..” Sun Zhi glanced at Jiang Chen, then looked back to He Qianmin, and said while taking a half-step back: “It’s nothing.”

He Qianmin snorted coldly: “It’s nothing, yet you suddenly rushed out to stop us?”

Sun Zhi: “I just want to say hello to Senior Jiang, I have no other intentions.”

“I don’t remember us being close enough to greet each other.” Jiang Chen smiled and took two steps forward, standing in front of Sun Zhi, “Tell me what you want from me.”

Sun Zhi looked at He Qianmin, who had a cold expression: “Speak.”

“I was thinking…..”

Sun Zhi clenched his fists, his mind stuck in a struggle. He Qianjian had completely given up on him. Not only did he not help him, but he also withheld the money he had not given to him yet and threatened him. If he was expelled at this time, it would be a double loss of money and studies, and this basically meant his life would be ruined. The only person who might be able to save him now was Jiang Chen. He believed that Jiang Chen must want to know who was targeting him behind the scenes, and he could use this to negotiate terms with Jiang Chen.

But he didn’t expect that He Qianmin would be with Jiang Chen. Although He Qianmin and He Qianjian didn’t have a good relationship, he was He Qianjian’s younger brother no matter what. If he told Jiang Chen what he said, he would tell He Qianjian…..Thinking of He Qianjian’s methods, Sun Zhi’s back felt chills. He stepped back and said, “I really just wanted to say hello, I didn’t want to do anything else.” After speaking, he turned around and ran away.

However, he didn’t manage to run away from He Qianmin who had been watching him the whole time, not to mention he didn’t dare to resist at all.

“Are you going speak or not?” He Qianmin pressed Sun Zhi, and said coldly: “I remember that you and He Qianjian have a good relationship. If you don’t tell me, I’ll go back and ask him to see if he knows…..”

“I’ll tell you!” Sun Zhi raised his head, looked at Jiang Chen and said, “I’ll tell you! But I’ll only tell you.”

Jiang Chen stood not far away, and said calmly, “Qian Min is not an outsider, so you can just directly say what you want.”

He Qianmin pressed Sun Zhi’s hand hard. His cold expression shifted a bit, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Sun Zhi didn’t dare to speak, and the three of them remained in a stalemate.

Half a minute later, Jiang Chen walked in front of Sun Zhi, leaned over and said, “No matter what you want to say, this is the last chance.”

Sun Zhi said nothing. Jiang Chen said to He Qianmin, “Let him go, let’s go.”

He Qianmin let go of him with a cold snort, and followed Jiang Chen into the community. Seeing them walking farther and farther away, Sun Zhi gritted his teeth and shouted, “Wait a minute, I’ll tell you!”

Jiang Chen paused, then turned to look at Sun Zhi.

“I’ll tell you who is scheming behind the scenes, and you help me go to the Political Education Office to intercede, so that they don’t expel me.”

Jiang Chen: “If you just want to say this, then forget it.”

“You don’t want to know who wants to harm you? Who wants to break your hand? Who asked me to follow you since your second year of junior high school?”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips: “I know who it is.”

Sun Zhi widened his eyes in disbelief. He looked at He Qianmin and asked, “You know?”

“I know.” Jiang Chen said lightly, “So, if you have nothing else to say, we’ll be leaving.”

“Wait!” Sun Zhi glanced at He Qianmin again, turned to Jiang Chen and said, “You know who is the person who wants to hurt you, and yet you are still so close to He Qianmin?”

“He is him, Qian Min is Qian Min, and anything he does has nothing to do with Qian Min.”

Sun Zhi scrutinized Jiang Chen’s expression carefully, but he couldn’t see any flaws. He said half-believingly, “Then tell me, who is the one who wants to hurt you.”

Seeing that Jiang Chen didn’t speak, He Qianmin was anxious and angry: “Big Brother, who is he talking about?”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips, but Sun Zhi had already seen the answer from his expression. Just when he was full of disbelief, he heard He Qianmin call Jiang Chen big brother, and his eyes fell on his anxious and angry expression. Sun Zhi had no choice but to admit that the relationship between the two might really be very good. Suddenly, a sense of pleasure mixed with malice rose in his heart.

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When had a proud young master like He Qianmin cared about someone so much? Sun Zhi wanted to know what expression the second young master of the He family would show if he knew that the person he cared about had been hurt by his family member?

The corners of Sun Zhi’s mouth raised slightly. He looked at He Qianmin, and enunciated word by word: “Let me tell you, the one who asked me to follow Jiang Chen, to break Jiang Chen’s hand, to stab Jiang Chen with a knife, and report on Jiang Chen’s every move is your own brother, He Qianjian.”

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Establishing a company was a matter of great importance, and there were too many things that needed to be prepared in the early stage. At this time, the reason Jiang Chen mentioned it was that, besides giving Huo Bo and Shen Xu a mental preparation in advance, he wanted to use this to let them have a goal.

In the first life, Jiang Chen often skipped classes because of his family matters and Shen Xu and Huo Bo sacrificed all their rest time for him. From the second semester of the second year of high school to the third year of high school, they were almost by his side every weekend, holiday, winter and summer vacation. At that time, in order to cheer him up, they somehow came up with the idea to study with him.

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Jiang Chen didn’t want to study but couldn’t refuse his good friends who came to ask him for help in their studies. After going back and forth, he gradually came out of the shadows, and because of a whole year of study, Shen Xu and Huo Bo unexpectedly passed the college entrance examination with good results. However, the current situation was different from the first life. Jiang Chen was no longer depressed, Shen Xu and Huo Bo didn’t need to study to motivate their friend, just like before, and they maintained a state of laxness in regards to studying.

Thus, Jiang Chen once again gave them a goal, a future within reach.

When Shen Xu first heard that he and his friends were going to start a company belonging to the three of them, his whole person couldn’t help his blood from boiling in excitement. Especially after hearing Jiang Chen’s firm statement that their company would stand on the top of the world, it was like he had been injected with chicken blood, and every day he would bring his books to the Jiang’s on time for a atudy session.

However, the boiling blood was cooled by the endless sea of practice questions within a few days. He lay down on the table and said weakly: “Jiangzi, I really can’t study anymore, I beg you, let me play a game, or let me chat with Changjiang, I just want to rest for half an hour…..”

Jiang Chen paused in his idle rotating of his pen, and turned his eyes to look at Huo Bo.

Huo Bo said lightly: “School starts in a week, and we have agreed that whoever has the lowest test scores the day before the start of school will bring breakfast for one semester.”

“Does the result even need to be said?” Shen Xu’s face and the table were more tightly stuck together, and he said mournfully: “You are hiding even deeper than Jiangzi, a fellow who is last in the whole grade actually surpassed me, who is in the top two hundred in just one month. Did Jiangzi install a chip in your brain? Did Changjiang secretly give you tutoring lessons?”

Huo Bo glanced at him in some disdain, and lowered his head to continue working on the practice questions.

Huo Bo didn’t want to talk to Shen Xu anymore, so Jiang Chen could only go into battle by himself: “Your grades have also improved a lot, and there is still hope for you to win.”

“I won’t listen!” Shen Xu covered his ears and said, “You two just want to trick me into studying.”

Jiang Chen was silent for a moment. He took a deep breath, and said, “Are you going to do it or not?”

“I won’t!”

Jiang Chen stood up and stretched his arms.

Shen Xu shrank back, hugged himself and said, “This is a threat! You are threatening me! If you do this, our friendship will be in jeopardy! For the sake of our friendship boat…..”

Huo Bo put down his pen, stood up, and cracked his neck.

Shen Xu quickly picked up the pen and opened the exercise book: “I will do it!”

When the summer temperature in Yan City reached its highest point, it was also the time for school to start.

Jiang Chen came out of Fu Jinyu’s office, turned around and saw Sun Zhi coming out of the Academic Affairs Office at the other end. He paused slightly, and Sun Zhi also happened to look up at him at this time.

“Hurry up, won’t you?” The middle-aged woman next to Sun Zhi didn’t stop walking. She turned her head and said to him as she walked, “Tell me, what use are you? You usually don’t study well and don’t know how to do housework. You only know to grow in height but not in brain cells. Among a group of people only you were arrested for getting in a fight. How can you, a sports student, be admitted to university with such a record? Do you think it’s still the days when your uncle is the vice principal here? Can’t you be a little smarter?”

The woman walked for a while, but seeing that Sun Zhi was not moving, she frowned and turned her head, “I still have to rush back to cook for your dad, what are you still doing there?”

Sun Zhi stood where he was, staring closely at Jiang Chen, his teeth clenched.

Jiang Chen’s eyes curved and his lower lip curled slightly upwards at him. He probably guessed the reason why Sun Zhi received a demerit on his record. During the summer vacation, he had a fight with He Qianjian in the park behind the skating rink, and Sun Zhi was among He Qianjian’s people. He had been hiding behind the others before, and Jiang Chen’s attention was all on He Qianjian, so he didn’t notice him until later when the police came. He Qianjian couldn’t run fast because of his injury, and Sun Zhi was pushed out by that side to distract the police. Only then did he notice the other.

The middle-aged woman followed Sun Zhi’s line of sight, saw Jiang Chen, and asked, “Is this your classmate?”

“No.” Sun Zhi came back to his senses, his voice seeming to squeeze out of his throat: “He is a third year.”

“Then what are you staring at him for?”

“He was there in the fight last time.”

The middle-aged woman turned her head to look at Jiang Chen, glanced at his clean and handsome face, and hesitated for a moment: “He fought alongside you guys?”

Sun Zhi gritted his teeth: “It was he who beat us.”

The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment. Her expression changed instantly, and she asked, “Why didn’t you say that in the office just now?”

“No one would believe me.” Sun Zhi said, “He is the first in the third year.”

“You are so stupid, it is because he is the first in the grade that you should…..”

Jiang Chen listened to the conversation between the two, laughed lightly, turned and went downstairs.

Huo Bo and Shen Xu were waiting downstairs. Seeing him coming down, Shen Xu complained, “Why was it taking so long, I’m almost melted by the sun.”

“I met Sun Zhi and his mother.” Jiang Chen said lightly, “Last time we fought, he was the only one who was caught. Now that the school knows about it, it seems like he got a demerit on his record.”

Shen Xu let out a laugh: “He deserves it.”

Huo Bo leaned against the pillar with his arms crossed, and suddenly looked up. The middle-aged woman Jiang Chen met just now came down the stairs like the wind. She grabbed Jiang Chen’s wrist and said, “Follow me to the Academic Affairs Office. You beat my son. What right do you have to be fine while he got a demerit, the school must treat everyone equally! Either both get a demerit together or not be punished at all!”

Jiang Chen wasn’t annoyed at being grabbed, but instead smiled kindly: “Auntie, are you sure you want me to go with you to the Academic Affairs Office?”

Sun Zhi hurried over, grabbed his mother and said, “Mom, what are you doing!”

“Let’s go to the Academic Affairs Office again.” Mrs. Sun said, “I want to see if this place of teaching and education can truly treat students equally.”

Jiang Chen stopped Huo Bo who wanted to go forward with his eyes, handed the academic competition workbook in his other hand to Shen Xu, and said with a light smile, “Since Auntie wants to go, let’s go.”

When Fu Jinyu came down from upstairs, this scene was what he saw.

He frowned: “What is this?”

Mrs. Sun looked Fu Jinyu up and down: “Are you the teacher here?”

Fu Jinyu: “I am Jiang Chen’s math teacher.”

“Then that’s perfect. Come with me to the Academic Affairs Office. I want to ask you teachers why it is that he is fine after beating my son but my son is not.”

“Jiang Chen hit your son?” Fu Jinyu moved his eyes from the fair and thin Jiang Chen to the dark and strong Sun Zhi who was half a head taller than Jiang Chen, and he said with amusement: “Parent, are you sure?”

“Why am I not sure? My son said it himself.”

Fu Jinyu looked at Jiang Chen: “What do you say?”

Jiang Chen’s expression was mild: “I didn’t hit him.”

“Okay.” Fu Jinyu nodded: “Let’s go to the Political Education Office together.”

In the Political Education Office, the director stared at Mrs. Sun, a headache building.

“Director, you must give me an explanation for this matter!” Mrs. Sun said: “Otherwise, you are treating students with good grades and students with poor grades differently. If this is the case, I will report to the Education Bureau to deal with this matter.”

The director of the Political Educational Office said: “This parent, I understand that you want fairness, but the two children are insisting on their own views on this matter. One said they were beaten and the other said they did not do it. We have to follow the evidence, right? Sun Zhi was the only one who was arrested and brought to the police station which has brought a negative impact on the school. Why bother to involve other people now.”

“What do you mean by involving other people?” Mrs. Sun said excitedly, “Why does my son have to get a demerit on his record, while nothing happens to him? It’s not fair! I will go to the Education Bureau to sue you!”

Hearing Mrs. Sun bringing up the Education Bureau twice in just a few words, the expression of the head of the Political Education Office turned dark. He turned to look at Sun Zhi, and said, “Tell me, did Jiang Chen hit you? Where did he hit you? On the face or on the body? Do you have any evidence?”

“He hit…..” Facing the severe look of the director, he paused, and then said: “He didn’t…..”

The director put down his pen heavily: “Did he hit you or didn’t he hit you?”

Sun Zhi was so nervous that his whole body stiffened, and he blurted out without thinking about the truth: “He didn’t hit me, but he hit someone else.”

“Then why did you say that he beat you just now?” Shen Xu interrupted and said, “Director, I suspect that Sun Zhi is acting out of vengeance. In last semester’s final exam, don’t know who he promised from Chenghua Academy, but he threatened Zhang Zhipeng from our class to trick Jiang Chen outside. But unexpectedly the scheme happened to be caught by Jiang Chen who saw through his plan. Out of anger, he blocked Jiang Chen on the Saturday of the week of the final exam. Huo Bo was there and can testify to this. At noon that day, Jiang Chen went to Teacher Fu to ask for leave, and Teacher Fu can also testify.”

Fu Jinyu thought for a moment, nodded and said: “There was indeed such a thing.”

“Jiang Chen was not injured that day because of Huo Bo’s timely appearance. Later, during the summer vacation, we bumped into each other at the skating rink and had some small conflicts. I am guessing that he wants to drag Jiang Chen down with him after being caught in a fight. He has wanted to harm Jiang Chen not just once or twice.”

Recalling the time Shen Xu spoke of, the director suddenly remembered something, and said: “You were the ones fighting outside the school that day? You ran very fast.”

“It was that day that Sun Zhi led people to block Jiang Chen.” Shen Xu looked at Sun Zhi and said with a cold voice, “I don’t know if he was bribed by someone from another school or something else, but he said he would break Jiang Chen’s hand during the fight so that he would never be able to take an exam again, he…..”

“What nonsense are you talking about!” Mrs. Sun interrupted Shen Xu: “You are slandering!”

“Go and see if Zhang Zhipeng is still at school.” The director of the Political Education Office frowned, and said to Shen Xu, “Call him over if he is. Whether it is slander or nonsense, you will know after the confrontation.”

Sun Zhi’s face turned pale. He never thought that Shen Xu could bring up things that happened so long ago. If Zhang Zhipeng really came, and it was confirmed that he wanted to hurt Jiang Chen, then this serious incident would not be settled with just a demerit. And…..he still didn’t know what He Qianjian wanted to do to Jiang Chen, but if he was expelled from school, He Qianjian would definitely not give him money to monitor Jiang Chen. Everything would be over.

“Don’t call him!”

Shen Xu paused, and everyone in the office looked at Sun Zhi. Sun Zhi said with a pale face, “It’s me who is talking nonsense. Jiang Chen didn’t get into a fight. I’m just jealous of his good grades. I slandered him because I don’t like him.”

The director and Fu Jinyu looked at each other, and said after some thought: “This parent of Sun Zhi, this matter is not only about Sun Zhi getting a demerit for getting into a fight, but also slandering his senior and threatening to hurt others. How do you think our school should deal with this?”

Mrs. Sun glanced at Sun Zhi’s expression, as the mother she knew her son well, she knew at a glance that what the boy next to him just said was probably true. She was both panicked and angry, but she had to speak for her son: “Sun Zhi is only a first year in high school, it is likely that he lied because he failed to learn good habits from those friends he usually plays with. Director, please give him a chance, and I guarantee that he will never do it again.”

“Fighting, bullying classmates, and cooperating with students from other schools to bully and hurt students from this school.” Fu Jinyu said without expression: “Director, these few actions are enough to result in expulsion.”

“No, no, teacher.” Mrs. Sun lost her previous arrogance in an instant, and said anxiously: “Teacher, you misunderstood, my Sun Zhi has a very good personality, and he must have been taught to be bad by those students in his class. Please give him a chance, and he will definitely turn over a new leaf.”

Neither Fu Jinyu nor the director of the Political Education Office spoke. Mrs. Sun turned her target to Jiang Chen. She took Jiang Chen’s hand again and said with a smile: “Student, you are two or three years older than Sun Zhi, and you are also smarter and more mature than him. With such good grades you must be very kind, how about we just forget about it, Auntie begs you, please?”

Jiang Chen withdrew his hand and said calmly, “Auntie, I have no say in how to deal with Sun Zhi. Everything can only be decided by the school.”

The director also frowned: “Parent of Sun Zhi, student Jiang Chen is a complete victim in this matter, what are you pulling him for?”

“I…..”

The director of the Political Education Office did not wait for Mrs. Sun to speak, and directly made a conclusion: “As for Sun Zhi’s handling, I will discuss with the teachers in the Academic Affairs Office. He will not come to school tomorrow, and he will be suspended from classes for a while. We will inform you when the results come out.”

“How can this be?” Mrs. Sun was dissatisfied: “Sun Zhi is now a second year, what should he do if he can’t keep up with the classes when he comes back to school after a period of suspension?”

“Then maybe you can help Sun Zhi go through the transfer procedures directly?”

Mrs. Sun froze. She immediately put away her dissatisfaction, squeezed out a smile and said: “I understand, Director, I will take Sun Zhi back first. This is indeed our Sun Zhi’s wrongdoing. I hope all the teachers will give him another chance.”

The director of the Political Education Office nodded perfunctorily, and looked at Jiang Chen with a friendly smile: “Student Jiang Chen, you should tell your teachers about any difficulties you encounter in your study and life in the future. Your homeroom teacher for the new semester has already been arranged. It is Teacher Fu, tell him if you have any problems, and you can also come to me if you want, understand?”

Jiang Chen smiled and nodded: “Thank you Director Liu.”

The director of the Political Education Office said this in front of Sun Zhi and his mother, causing Mrs. Sun’s face to turn pale. She pinched Sun Zhi’s arm and pulled him to apologize again before leaving the office.

As soon as they left, the three also left the Political Education Office.

On the way to the junior high school section, Jiang Chen received a call from Jiang Zhuo.

Today was also the day when the court tried Yang Tianci. Jiang Zhuo told him that Yang Tianci’s sentence had come down. Because of the seriousness of the circumstances, Yang Tianci was sentenced to ten years in prison. Just now, two elders from the Yang family were present as well, and when they heard the result, old Mr. Yang fainted on the spot and was taken away by an ambulance not long ago.

After relaying this, Jiang Zhuo sighed, and said: “School starts today. I heard that no one took Yang Shengmao to report in. He is still at home. His mother has already left the Yang family. I don’t know that after this incident, what would happen to the child?”

Yang Si’s voice came faintly from the side: “What the Yang family does from now on has nothing to do with our family. The care of Yang Shengmao is in the hands of his mother and grandparents, and not ours.”

Jiang Zhuo said: “Of course, this is the end of the matter relating to the Yang family. In the future, our family will live our own lives. Simple and peaceful is also good.”

Jiang Chen ended the call. Shen Xu was still there describing the expressions of Sun Zhi and his mother at that time with excitement: “Sun Zhi’s mother should learn the Peking Opera art of changing face, she would definitely be the star of the stage every minute. Those different faces switching one moment after another, she is quite flexible. Wonder why didn’t that idiot Sun Zhi learn even a fraction of this skill from his mother.”

Huo Bo sneered: “He didn’t learn it? I think he learned it very well.”

“Where?” Shen Xu said: “I don’t think he can hide his expression at all. When I mentioned the time he blocked Jiangzi, his expression changed in an instant. Then when the director told me to go find Zhang Zhipeng he stopped me without even thinking about it. Who wouldn’t understand after that? He thought that if Zhang Zhipeng didn’t come, Director Liu would just pretend that nothing happened.”

Huo Bo turned his eyes to Jiang Chen: “Uncle’s call?”

Shen Xu also turned his head immediately: “Did Yang Tianci’s sentence come down?”

Jiang Chen nodded: “Ten years.”

After the words fell, a clear youthful voice pierced through the noisy crowd, causing all three of them to look forward.

“Big Brother!”

At the school gate, He Qianmin, who was several shades tanned, flashed his white teeth and waved vigorously in the sun.

Shen Xu burst into laughter: “Why are you so tanned?”

The first years of high school started ten days earlier than the second and third years because of the military training. Now it was almost the end of the military training. The tan from long-term sun exposure made it so that one didn’t even need to look at the military training uniforms to distinguish who were the first year students versus the students of the second and third years.

Standing among a group of tanned high school freshmen, He Qianmin was already considered fair, but in the eyes of Shen Xu and the others who had seen him before, they still couldn’t help laughing.

The boy next to He Qianmin bumped his arm: “F**k, that’s God Jiang from the third year. I saw him in a post from Yan No. 1 High School forum before, is he your brother?”

“What?” He Qianmin asked.

“Awesome.” The boy gave a thumbs up, leaned over and smiled ingratiatingly: “In the future, don’t forget your buddy when there is blessing to enjoy.”

“It’s not just God Jiang.” Another boy also came over: “The one on the left of God Jiang is the high school tyrant Huo Bo, and the one on the right is Shen Xu, who belongs to the student council. Although he is not the president, in terms of popularity, no one can match him in the whole Yan No. 1 High School. These three together are simply invincible.”

“That amazing?”

“Definitely.” The boy said: “Have you checked the school forum? Among the top posts, in addition to the rules, there is another one. In the whole of Yan No. 1 High School the people who can’t be offended. The three of them occupy the top three spots.”

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Others also came over, and after learning this new information from the boy, their expressions when looking at He Qianmin changed. Someone clicked his tongue and said, “The little brother of a bigwig, and the friends of the bigwig are also bigwigs, then doesn’t that mean in the future you can do as you please in Yan No. 1 High School?”

He Qianmin raised his chin, pursed his lips and suppressed the raised corners of his mouth. Don’t know why, when he was in Chenghua, so long as someone connected him and He Qianjian together, he couldn’t help but want to get angry, but now when he heard other people tying him and Jiang Chen together, he just wanted to let them talk more. In fact, it would even be better to let everyone know that he was Jiang Chen’s little brother.

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